Vendee Globe Day 18 Report At The First Cape Headed SOUTH! SamG, Boris, Jeremie, Yoann, Nico, IMOCA

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Still led by Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) the top skippers on the Vondée Globe have now completed around a quarter of the solo round the world course. While they had a slow passage to the Equator, Dalin and co now seem to be on course to break Alex Thomson’s 8 days and 15 hours record from Equator to the Cape of Good Hope which he set on the 2016 edition of the race. Present routing predictions have the top skippers passing in the middle of the day tomorrow, so around a day quicker for this sector of the route.

As the pace is set to finally ease down slightly Dalin, has seen his cushion shrink progressively. This Wednesday afternoon the top four skippers are all now within 40 miles of him as they contemplate one of the most potentially challenging and difficult phases of the race, the Cape of Good Hope and the Agulhas currents.